171CSystem access

171C System access (1) Melbourne Water Corporation must allow its works to be used to the extent necessary to enable water— (a) to which a person has a right under a bulk entitlement under Division 1 of Part 4; or (b) to which a licence granted to a person under section 51 of the **Water Act 1989** relates; or (c) required to be supplied to a person by the holder of a water headworks licence issued under Division 1 of Part 2 of the **Water Industry Act 1994** or by another Authority within the meaning of Division 1 of Part 4 of the **Water Act 1989**— to be supplied to that person by means of those works. (2) Subsection (1)— (a) does not apply if the works of Melbourne Water Corporation do not have sufficient capacity to enable the water to be supplied by means of those works; (b) does not limit or affect any other duty or obligation imposed on Melbourne Water Corporation by or under this or any other Act. (3) Subject to any determination made by the Essential Services Commission under Part 3 of the **Essential Services Commission Act 2001**, the terms and conditions on which a person is allowed to use the works of Melbourne Water Corporation as mentioned in subsection (1) are as agreed between the Corporation and that person. S. 171D inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 71.